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Today I was hiking and hands raised I praised Jesus on the mountain, and next week he will LOVE the snow!!!! I had to take this photo  – so EXCITED for VBS!!!!
God had the power to provide, to comfort, to heal, to forgive, and to give us an eternal home!! I am living proof! I praise HIM for helping me lose myself to find myself…

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Yeah, what a fitting bible verse of the day….
Matthew 19:14. Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”

VBS is about the children, showing them (some for the first time) the LOVE of Jesus alive in all OUR hearts, encouraging them to look for, long for, and run towards Jesus in JOY – so that in times of joy AND especially in times of troubles they can also look for, long for, and run towards Jesus.

VBS is about ALL of US becoming that child again and reminding ourselves and showing ourselves (with rekindled youthfulness) the LOVE of Jesus alive in all OUR hearts (alive in MY heart, alive in YOUR heart), encouraging our ownselves to look for, long for, and run towards Jesus in JOY – so that in times of joy AND especially in times of troubles WE can also look for, long for, and run towards Jesus.

Because the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to those who follow and make Jesus alive….

Amen.

I believe Jesus lives.

 

 

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Build a Mountain

Going to build a mountain today… I’ve been carrying it around in pieces for a long time…. This mountain is not made of rocks, but lightweight styrofoam for Vacation Bible School. It will also be easy to dismantle. What will be hard is for me to decide is what to do with the pieces after… do I throw them away? do I save them in case I need them? It’s a lot of baggage to carry around… yes just because the mountains is down doesn’t mean it’s gone…

But honestly I know and you know the mountains we are building our lives are hard…. Not ready to take down… they are made of rock stone dirt sin crap from us and crap we absorb from others… all the things that we put into our lives and then find them hard to move. It’s heavy … it’s no fun … it’s mountains that will hold you back….

We ask God to move mountains for us…. And He will… If you BELIEVE…. Mark 11:23 “I can guarantee this truth: This is what will be done for someone who doesn’t doubt but believes what he says will happen: He can say to this mountain, ‘Be uprooted and thrown into the sea,’ and it will be done for him.”

And remember, God asks us to believe it can be moved I the first place…. Believe first, then think… then look… be aware…. we have to look and see and ask “Did I build this mountain myself?” Perhaps it just built by itself?… Perhaps it’s the mountain in somebody else that I can’t move?

All these mountains…. we don’t know what to do…. we can ask God to move …. we have to believe God will move them…. He will dismantle them but is it those mountains in US that God would certainly enjoy US helping…. God appreciates the efforts, and rewards the work… WE can work on our own mountains, dismantle them break them down into smaller pieces easier to deal with.. What will be hard is for US to decide is what to do with the pieces… do I throw them away? do I save them in case I need them? it’s a lot of baggage to carry around… yes just because the mountains is down doesn’t mean it’s gone… and yet smaller pieces are easier to throw into the sea…

Yes if it IS going to take time to move a mountain in your life…. Be proactive… ask God… believe, pray and ask him to move this mountain… but be ready to know what to do with the pieces after its dismantled. Perhaps God likes action plans.

If it’s a mountain in somebody else’s life which is holding you back pray to God for your own patience. God moving that mountain may take a while its not at your pace but at that person’s pace and it’s God’s timing, not yours… maybe what you can offer is how to help that person take care of the dismantled pieces. Perhaps God likes action plans. So believe God will help then with their own action plan… KNOW and TRUST GOD to do what is RIGHT.

SO believe JUST believe… BELIEVE like you’ve never believed before. Sometimes mountains are moved slowly, sometimes we have to take the long way around and keep travelling while the mountain is being moved. Either way, know God is working on HIS plan… and BELIEVE…